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Witness History
The Nairobi US Embassy bombing
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28 April 2021
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In August 1998, more than 200 people were killed in co-ordinated bomb attacks on two US embassies in East Africa. They were among the first major attacks linked to Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda network. We hear from George Mimba who was working inside the embassy in Kenya when the bomb detonated.
Photo: Rescue workers at the scene of the Nairobi embassy bombing (AFP/Getty Images)
